Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:47:00 AM
County Commission OKs budget, hears about appeals process.
An old argument about how two positions in the Clatsop County District Attorney's office are funded - and the possibility they will be the first to be cut if there's a revenue shortfall - resurfaced during Wednesday night's regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners.
Commissioner Sam Patrick said he thought there was a conflict in the 2008-09 budget the Board was preparing to pass: That two recently hired staff for the district attorney would be the first to be cut. When the positions were moved from being paid for by timber revenue to the General Fund, they were exempted from the county policy to make public safety positions the last to be cut.....For Full Article, Click on Title Above.
